Connecting TV and Soundbar with Sky Q

[verydisillusioned]

How connect Panasonic TX-42AS500B to Sky Q and Phillips HTL5140B/12 soundbar?  

[nigea99]

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@verydisillusioned wrote:

How connect Panasonic TX-42AS500B to Sky Q and Phillips HTL5140B/12 soundbar?  

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hi @verydisillusioned 

You should be able to connect your Sound Bar (out/ARC) to the TVs HDMI ARC capable  HDMI2 and connect SKY Q to the other HDMI input

You will need to set the TVs Speaker selction to Home Cinema (at least those are the settings on my Panasonic)

This method will also allow Freeview TV & any inbuilt apps to use the sound bar also

[nigea99]

P.S. Being an older TV you might need to set the Sound output to bitstream if you want to listen to Dolby Digital - unfortunately I can't remeber what specific name setting you might have to look for  

[cuke]

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@nigea99 wrote:

P.S. Being an older TV you might need to set the Sound output to bitstream if you want to listen to Dolby Digital - unfortunately I can't remeber what specific name setting you might have to look for  

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@nigea99 wrote:

P.S. Being an older TV you might need to set the Sound output to bitstream if you want to listen to Dolby Digital - unfortunately I can't remeber what specific name setting you might have to look for  

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Or passthrough, if the tv has that setting, so the soundbar deals with the audio, not the tv.

[TimmyBGood]

@verydisillusioned 

That television is over a decade old: it may well not do audio pass-through at all.

[Chodley]

The manual for that TV says you need to connect the sky box direct to the amp if you want 5.1 etc so I suspect it may only send stereo down the ARC connection.

[verydisillusioned]

Thanks. Very helpful.

[verydisillusioned]

Think you are correct. It is as good as it gtes. Thanks.